Pumping apparatus.



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE W. SIMMONS, OF ALVARADO, TEXAS.

PUMPING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 702,496, dated J une1.7, 1902. Application tiled January 25,1902. Serial No. 91,7251. (Nomodel.)

To all 'whom it may concern..-

Beit known that I, JESSE'W. SIMMoNs,a citizen of the United States,residing at Alvarado, in the county of Johnson and State ot` Texas, haveinvented new anduseful Improvements in Pumping Apparatus, of which thefollow--y ing is a specification.

My inventionrelates to improvements in pumping or water-elevatingapparatus, and contemplates the provision of a simple and inexpensiveapparatus through the medium of which a solid stream of water underconsiderable head may be forced from a well,"

stream, or other source of supply for home consumption or protectionagainst ire,rand this with but a minimum amount of effort on the part ofthe operator or operators.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understoodfromthe following description and claims when taken in conjunction with theannexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section, with partsin elevation, illustrating my improved apparatus in its proper operativeposition with referenceto a well. Figs.` 2 and 3'are horizontal sectionstaken in' the planes indicated by the lines 2 2 and 3 3, respectively,of Fig. l; and Fig. i is an enlarged elevation of a portion of theratchet-bar of the apparatus.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of-theseveral views of the drawings, referring to Which--` Aisawell.

B is an upright cylinder supported by arms a or other means in the waterinthe well and having an induction-opening or', controlled by a clack orother suitable "non-return valve b and also having a discharge-pipe c,designed to lead to a dwelling-house or other point of use.

C is the curbing or top of the well, which may be of wood, stone, orother material suitable to the purpose, andV is provided with a centralopening d.

D is a piston arranged in-cylinder B and having the usual packing c'androd f.

E is a ratchet-bar connected by a union g to the piston-rod f andextending through the opening in the curbing or well-top C, and F is aframe', preferably of metal, which is arranged on and connected to thetop or curbing C.

' The ratchet-bar E is provided on each of two opposite 'sides with twoparallel sets of beveled teethh It", thel bevels 'of the teeth h -beingdisposed opposite to those of the teeth h', as best shown in Fig. 4,fora purpose presently described. Said ratchet-bar'is also provided atis upper end with a reduced and threaded portion fr', on which issecured, by a nutj or other means, a head G. `This head is designed toengage the upper end of the frame F, and thereby limit'the downwardmovement of the ratchet-bar E and piston D, and it is also adapted byvirtue of the radial projection Zr; with which it is provided to servefor the connection of suitable weights (not shown) when it is necessaryto employ the same with a View of accelerating the downward movement ofthe piston. i

As best shown in Figs. l and 2 of the drawings,the frame F comprisesabase-plate Z, having a central aperture m, coincident with the apertured of the Well-top, and also having standards n, disposed atoppositesides of said aperture, a tubular upright p rising from saidbase-plate and arranged in line with the aperture m and havingslots q intwo opposite sides and upright websr interposedfbetween the tubularupright andthe base-plate. 'The tubular upright prec'eives theratchet-bar E, and the slotsq are providedfor the play of latches H anddogs I, arranged to engage the teeth h at opposite sides of saidratchet-bar. The latches H are fulcrumed at an intermediate point oftheir length in the upper portions of the slots q and are normallyretained in the positions shown by springs 3,'this to enable them tohold the ratchet-bar against casual downward movement. Said springs ssurround studs on the upper arms of the latches and are interposedbetween said arms and bars t, which bars are connectedV to oppositesides of the tubular'up'right` and have bifurcations in their lowerportions, as shown, to permit play of the latches:l

The dogsl are pivotally-connected to thel IOO 71. of the ratchet-bar bycoiled springs w, interposed between their upper portions and abutmentson the levers J, and consequently they are adapted when the said leversare oscillated to raise the ratchet-bar and the piston D step by step.At their-upper ends the dogs I are provided with inwardly-directed booksir, while at their lower ends the latches H have outwardly-directedbeveled hooks y. From this it follows that when the dogs are drawn,through the medium of the rods n, out of engagement with theratchet-teeth 71, and the levers .I are oscillated to carry the hookends of the dogs above the hook ends of the latches and the dogs arethen released said dogs will engage and press and hold the latches outof engagement with the teeth 7L of the ratchet-barandwill also be heldby thelatches out of engagement with the teeth h', thus leaving saidratchet-bar and the piston D free to move downwardly.

L L are hangers connected to or formed integral with the well-top C. M Mare levers fulcrumed in said hangers and arranged to work in notches e'in the well-wall, and N N are dogs pivotally connected to the levers Mand arranged to engage the teeth 7L at opposite sides of theratchet-bar. The said dogs are normally held in engagement with theratchet-teeth 72, by coiled springs CL2; but when it is desired todisengage them from said teeth the same may be readily accomplished bysimply drawing on the rods b', connected to the dogs and movable throughguides on the levers M.

In the practical operation of my improved apparatus when it is desiredto ill the cylinder B with water the dogs N are held out of engagementwith the teeth 7i of the ratchetbar, and the levers .I are oscillated toraise the ratchet-bar and the piston D until the latter rests at oradjacent to the upper end of the cylinder. Vhen this is done, water willenter the cylinder through the inductionopening a and will be trappedtherein by the non-return valve b. Then when the dogs I are disengagedfrom the teeth 7i of the ratchet and engaged with the latches H to holdthe latter out of engagement with said teeth 7i; in the manner beforedescribed the ratchetbar and the piston will be left free, and theirweight, as well as any additional weights that may be connected to thehead G, will be imposed on the water trapped in the cylinder B. Inconsequence of this the water in the cylinder will be placed underastrong head and will when the cocks of the discharge-pipe c or branchesthereof are opened flow with great force. When it is desired toaccelerate the descent of the piston, and consequently the discharge ofWater from the cylinder, as when the Water is to be used to extinguish are, the same may be accomplished by operators oscillating the levers M.

It will be readily appreciated from the foregoing that it is onlynecessary to operate my improved apparatus to lill the cylinder B atintervals and that because of the leverage afforded such operation isattended by but a minimum amount of effort, also that with the dogs Nheld out of engagement with the ratchet-teeth 7L by any suitable meansthe apparatus operates automatically to discharge the cylinder B of itscontents. It will further be observed that but a minimum amount ofeffort is required to actuate the levers M when the same are employed toaccelerate the descent of the piston and the discharge of water fromcylinder B, as before described.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferredembodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exactunderstanding of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood asconfining myself to such specific construction and arrangement of parts,as such changes or modications may be made in practice as fairly fallwithin the scope of my claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s-

l. In a pumping or Water-elevating apparatus, the combination of a mainframe, a cylinder arranged to receive from a source of supply and havinga valve-controlled inlet, and a discharge, a vertically-movable pistonarranged in the cylinder, a ratchet-bar connected to the piston andguided in the frame and having beveled teeth h, a latch fulcrumed in theframe in a position to engage the teeth h' of the ratchet-bar and havinga beveled hook at its lower end, a lever fulcrumed on the frame, a dogcarried by said lever in a position to engage the ratchet-teeth 7L', andhaving a hook at its upper end adapted to engage the beveled hook of thelatch, and means on the lever for drawing the dog out of engagement withthe teeth of the ratchet-bar and into a position to enable its hook endto engage the hook end of the latch.

2. In a pumping or water-elevating apparatus, the combination of a mainframe, a cylinder arranged to receive from a source of supply and havinga valve-controlled inlet, and a discharge, a vertically-movable pistonarranged in the cylinder, a ratchet-bar connected to the piston andguided in the frame and having the oppositely-beveled teeth h h', alatch fulcrumed in the frame in a position to engage the teeth 7i' ofthe ratchet-bar and having a beveled hook at its lower end, a leverfulcrumed on the frame, a dog carried by said lever in a position toengage the ratchetteeth h', and having a hook at its upper end adaptedto engage the beveled hook of the latch, means on the lever for drawingthe dog out of engagement with the teeth h of the ratchet-bar and into aposition to enable its hook end to engage the hook end oi' the latch, asecond lever, a dog carried thereby and arranged to engage the teeth 71.of the ratchetbar, and means on the second lever for draw- IOO IIO

ranged in the cylinder, a ratchet-bar conneoted to the piston and guidedin the frame, and having beveled teeth h', a head arranged on saidratchet-bar, and having projections" adapted to receive Weights, a latchfulcrumed in the frame in a position to engage the teeth h of theratchet-bar, a lever fulcrumed on the frame, and a dog carriedfl by saidlever in a position to engage the teeth h; said dog, and the latchbeingprovided with coacting means whereby when engaged they are held outof engagement with the ratchet-bar.

4. The pumping or Water-elevating apparatus described comprising themain frame having the tubular upright provided in-two opposite WallsWith slots, a cylinder arranged to receive from a source of supplyandhaving a valve-controlled inlet and a discharge,

a vertically-movable piston arranged in the cylinder, a bar connected tothe piston and having sets of tWo oppositely-disposed ratchetteeth h h',at two opposite sides,` the latches fulcrumed in the slots oftheuprightinl positionsto engage the teeth h ofthe ratchetbar and havingbeveled hooks at their lower ends, levers fulcrumed on the frame atopposite sides of the tubular upright, dogs car- .ried by said levers inpositions to engagethe ratchet-teeth h', andhaviug hooks at their upperends, rods connected'tovthe dogs and movable in guides on the levers,v ahead on the ratchet-barrhaving projections for the connection ofWeights, levers fulcrumed in suitable supports below the lmain;framedogscarried by 'said levers and arranged to engage ythe teeth h of theratchet-banand'rods movable in guides onthe last-named leversandconnected to the dogs thereof.'

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence oftwo'subscribing Witnesses.

JESSE W. SIMMONS. Witnesses:

W. T.v FARLEY, J. A. PA'rroN.

